New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, WAS $32. Follow Bass on his far-flung adventure in southwest Africa on the trail of a fascinating and vulnerable species. Driven to the brink of extinction by poaching and war, human intervention and cutting-edge conservation has saved the black rhinos, for now. Against... More

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white photographs, line drawings. WAS $38. Answers intriguing questions about members of the deer family Cervidae. From the diminutive pudu of South America that weighs 7kg to male moose that weigh close to 900kg, Feldhamer and McShea explore... More